The SkyExtender™ DualBand’s unique integration of a long-range mesh backhaul and industry-standard 802.11 access point gives service providers great flexibility when deploying Wi-Fi access networks. With the extended range of the mesh backhaul, Wi-Fi can be deployed in dense coverage patterns, like blanketing the downtown area of a city, as well as being deployed in targeted locations such as hotzones or residences. This allows multiple distinct and separate Wi-Fi networks to connect to a high-capacity, redundant mesh backhaul to provide an economical and efficient means of deploying Wi-Fi access in outdoor environments.

Another significant benefit of the SkyExtender DualBand is its dual radio architecture, which eliminates the capacity conflict between subscriber access and the network backhaul. The 2.4 GHz radio provides an 802.11b/g access point with high-speed connectivity to Wi-Fi clients (laptops, PDAs, wireless VoIP phones) and the 5 GHz radio leverages SkyPilot’s innovative 8-antenna array to connect to the high-capacity, redundant wireless mesh backhaul and to SkyConnector™ CPE. The separation of access from backhaul enables the use of multiple non-overlapping channels when deploying a “honeycomb” of Wi-Fi cells, thus providing much greater throughput, subscriber density, network capacity, and scalability throughout the Wi-Fi access network. The result is a practical, elegant network architecture for deploying Wi-Fi access services to metropolitan, municipal, and campus networks.

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